#FIRSTLOOK: “MY FATHER’S SHADOW” COMING TO THEATRES FEBRUARY 26, 2026

MUBI, the global distributor, streaming service, and production company, is excited to reveal the new trailer for Akinola Davies Jr.’s award-winning directorial debut feature, My Father’s Shadow, released in cinemas across Canada from February 26, 2026.

Starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Slow Horses, Gangs Of London) and introducing Godwin Egbo and Chibuike Marvellous Egbo, My Father’s Shadow won the Best Director Prize for Akinola Davies Jr. (Lizard) at the 2025 British Independent Film Awards and has also been chosen as U.K.’s Academy Award submission for the Best International Feature Film. Akinola Davies Jr. was awarded Best Breakthrough Director along with Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù being awarded Outstanding Lead Performance at this year’s Gotham Awards. The film received its World Premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the prestigious Un Certain Regard strand, where it earned Akinola Davies Jr. a Special Mention from the Awards Jury.

A semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian metropolis Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis. The story follows a father, estranged from his two young sons, as they travel through the massive city while political unrest threatens their journey home.

Written by Wale Davies and co-written by Akinola Davies Jr., who was recently selected for this year’s BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, alongside Wale Davies, and exquisitely shot by cinematographer Jermaine Edwards, My Father’s Shadow captures, through a child’s eyes, a moment of profound historical upheaval – when everything is on the verge of change.

MY FATHER’S SHADOW IS RELEASED IN CANADA ON
FEBRUARY 6, 2026.